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Turned off the interstate at midnight |
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Made the home stretch once again |
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I grew up running up and down this old road |
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Boy, it's changed a lot since way back then |
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Warm familiar feeling highway, twenty miles of memories |
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Mama and Papa, they still live there |
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So more than anywhere it's home to me |
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The home stretch |
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I'm on the home stretch |
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This old truck can't take me fast enough down the home stretch |
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When Papa called his voice was shaking |
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It never trembled in his prime |
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He said "Son, your mama's rounded that last turn" |
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She's calling for you boy, and you don't have much time |
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Mama wasn't afraid of dying |
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Just a trip to Heaven for her reward |
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She said "It's only part of living. The dyin's easy, but the leavin's hard |
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We were holding hands when Mama slipped away |
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Through my tears I saw her smile, then I heard her say |
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The home stretch, I'm on the home stretch |
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Angel's wings can't take me fast enough down the home stretch |
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Warm familiar feeling highway |
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Down the home stretch once again |
